The sink as a potential source of transmission of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in the intensive care unit.

Deborah De GeyterLieve BlommaertNicole VerbraekenMark SevenoisLuc HuyghensHelena MartiniLieve CovensDenis PiérardIngrid Wybo

Published in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2017)

This outbreak highlights that hospital sink drains can accumulate strains with resistance genes and become a potential source of CPE.

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